Mayor Nguyen to Mark 41st Anniversary of Black April with Veterans, OC Vietnamese Community

Santa Ana, CA – In remembrance of April 30th, commonly known among the Vietnamese community as the Fall of Saigon or Black April, Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen is set to make public appearances at several events in Orange County.

Bao had the following to say before setting out for the events that mark the anniversary of this tragic day: Continue reading→

PHAT BUI, GARDEN GROVE COUNCILMAN, VIETNAMESE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, PRESIDENT AND CANDIDATE FOR OC SUPERVISOR, DISTRICT 1, TESTIFIES TO ALLOW VIETNAMESE RICE CAKES BE SOLD AT ROOM TEMPERATURE FOR UP TO 24 HOURS

GARDEN GROVE – Phat Bui, Garden Grove City Councilmember, Vietnamese American Federation of Southern California President and candidate for the for the Orange County Board of Supervisors District 1, testified in support of SB 969 authored by State Senator Janet Nguyen (S-34) to allow traditional Vietnamese rice cakes be sold at room temperature for up to 24 hours. The Councilman led a delegation from Southern California to join the Vietnamese delegation from San Jose and Sacramento to support the effort at his own expense. Continue reading→

Folks in Little Saigon know they have to bribe Janet Nguyen with bags of money

The state’s Fair Political Practices Commission is investigating nearly a dozen people for political money laundering in connection to campaign contributions to county Supervisor and state Senate candidate Janet Nguyen according to Thy Vo and Nick Gerda at the Voice of OC.

The FPPC has issued 11 subpoenas to donors who made contributions to the political committee Friends of Supervisor Janet Nguyen between 2011 and 2012, as part of an investigation involving political contributions made in the name of persons other than the true contributor, according to court records, according to the Voice of OC. Continue reading→

“Irvine City Hall is absolutely packed with pissed off Vietnamese citizens,” according to Irvine Finance Commissioner Allan Bartlett, as posted on his Facebook page.

What happened? To make a long story short, Irvine Councilman Larry Agran completely stepped in it – he angered the entire Vietnamese community in Orange County. “More than 1,000 signatures were gathered by Vietnamese on-line petition against Agran adding Nha Trang a Vietnam city to Irvine’s friendship city plan,” according to Irvine Councilwoman Christina Shea’s blog. Continue reading→

Has Irvine Councilman Larry Agran lost his mojo? You have to wonder about that as it has been nothing but bad news for the OC Democratic Party’s Irvine powerbroker since his coalition lost control of the Irvine City Council in 2012.

Agran’s latest gaffe is mind-blowing. Here is how the Los Angeles Times explained his gigantic faux pas:

Of all the places in the world, why did Larry Agran have to choose Vietnam?

That’s what local Vietnamese Americans wondered after learning the longtime Irvine councilman hoped to forge a relationship between the master-planned community and Nha Trang, a south coastal city in Vietnam known for its beaches and scuba diving. Continue reading→